Awards & Recognitions

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS (list is under construction)

AWARDS

• Appreciation Award, in recognition of Dr. Guirguis' dedicated efforts to Shipyard Network Management Center, "sincerely appreciating Dr. Guirguis' contributions towards making it resounding success", Egyptian Navy Shipyard, Naval Forces, December 2009.

• Team’s Appreciation Award, in recognition of Dr. Guirguis' leadership of the DoD Biometrics Standards Working Group, Booz Allen Hamilton, September 2006.

• Team’s Appreciation Award, in recognition of Dr. Guirguis' sustained efforts and significant impact on the BMO task and in advancing the Biometric Standards capability, Booz Allen Hamilton, March 2004.

• “Top Talent" Designation, highest recognition by Nortel Networks designating the most talented and valuable employees, Nortel Networks, February 2001.

• Invention Award, in recognition of R. Guirguis' efforts resulting in the filing of Patent Application entitled: "Resource Sharing in Multi-service Networks", Nortel Networks, December 2000.

• Invention Award, in recognition of R. Guirguis' efforts resulting in the filing of Patent Application entitled: "Hierarchical Bandwidth Management in Mutli-service Networks", October 2000.

• Spot Award for Outstanding efforts and Achievements, Nortel Networks, 1999.

• Graduate Scholarship Award, Carleton University, for 1996, 1997 & 1998.

• Natural Sciences and Engineering Reseach Council of Canada (NSERC) Award, NSERC, 1998.

• Ontario Graduate Scholarship Award, Ontario, Canada, 1998.

APPRECIATION

• Appreciation for a Job Well Done, Egyptian Navy Follow-on Technical Support Program (FOTS), December 2009.

• Appreciation for Endless Efforts and Outstanding Success in Transforming IT Operational Standards, BAV Egypt on-base IT Team, December 2009.

• Profound Appreciation for Outstanding Service, Support and Dedication rendered to the Department of Defense Biometrics Management Office, Chief Integration Officer, September 18, 2006.

• Appreciation for Enormous Professonial Contributions, Support and Service, Director of Biometrics Management Office, Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of the Army, May 05, 2006.

• More will be posted. Currently in process of requesting author permission prior to listing references/links to their Appreciation letters.(upd. Dec. 26, 2010)